A Core Reference on the Use of Cardiac Catheters

New York, NY, May 13, 2014 --(PR.com)-- "The Cardiac Catheter Book," recently published by Thieme, contains tips, tricks, and expert solutions to everyday clinical problems and is an essential reference for all specialists and trainees performing cardiac catheterizations. It covers basic principles, diagnostic strategies for specific diseases, and the newest interventional techniques, giving readers the tools to successfully manage all types of valvular and structural heart disease.

“I wish this book the success it merits and hope that it will find a place in every catheterization laboratory and interventional department. I am sure doctors will be most grateful to have such an instrument to hand!” – From the Foreword by Professor Ulrich Sigwart

From the fundamentals to the newest therapeutic advances, this book provides the core information needed by every practice performing diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterizations. It is essential for interventional cardiologists, cardiology fellows, and interventional radiologists who want to quickly increase their knowledge and skills and offer optimal care to their patients.

Lapp et al.
The Cardiac Catheter Book
Diagnostic and Interventional Techniques
Thieme Publishers, New York, Stuttgart. 2014
432 pp, 566 illustrations
Hardback
ISBN: 9783131672711
eBook - Available from ebookstore.thieme.com, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and iTunes
eISBN: 9783131672810
€149.99/$179.99

About the Authors
Harald Lapp, MD, HELIOS Klinikum Erfurt, Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Erfurt, Germany.
Ingo Krakau, MD, HELIOS Klinikum Erfurt, Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Erfurt, Germany.

About Thieme
Thieme Publishing Group is a medical and scientific publishing house employing more than 900 staff and maintaining offices in seven cities, including New York, Delhi, Rio and Stuttgart, Germany. Founded in 1886, the Thieme name has become synonymous with high quality and excellence in online and print publishing. Thieme publishes 150 peer-reviewed journals and more than 450 new books annually. The company has a rapidly growing array of web-based products in medicine and science. State-of-the-art online products include eNeurosurgery, Medlantis, Thieme E-Journals, Thieme Electronic Book Library, the medical student website WinkingSkull.com and Thieme Teaching Assistant, an innovative web-based platform for faculty. For more information about Thieme, please visit www.thieme.com.